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A quick edit to the bloom booster:
100g water
100g molasses
300g liquid kelp extract
100g fishbone meal
45g banana peel powder
Heated to a simmer for 2 minutes, then blended in a high speed blender with:
75g mineralized phosphate
10g hardwood ash
5g epsom salt
5g micronized sulfur
Increase to 2-3 mL/L. Makes about 1.25 liters.
It looked like the carrageenan/agar in the kelp extract and the gelatin in the fish bone meal absorbed water when boiled, which actually works perfectly because I was looking for a hydrocolloid to aid with wetting. Now I won't need to add xanthan gum.
I also knocked out a batch of soil last night, sans humic and fulvic acid blend for the '88G13HP's on the way. It's funny, it's something that I enjoy doing, but I procrastinate every time it needs to be done.
10 gallons Perlite
3 gallons Coco
2.5 gallons peat, rinsed with hot tap water and then boiling water
2.5 gallons EWC
1 cup oyster shell flour
1.75 cups 4-4-4
2 cups dolomite lime
1 teaspoon micronized sulfur
Tried Canna Coco for the first time and immediately liked it better than the other compressed brand that I'd been using. It rehydrated faster, wasn't nearly as dirty after rehydrating, and broke apart easier. Still poured hot water over it though, just to be safe.
I'm hoping that with some treatment, this can be used as a renewable living soil. The boiling water seems to get rid of any pests that may have hung around since the last grow. Since the soil, the bloom booster, and the veg nutes are all pH neutral, it should hopefully be relatively plug and play after plants get chopped, assuming I don't get invaded by bugs.
So after stalking Dirtbag's thread, I went looking for info on Triacontanol () says that there's a range between .001g per L and 0.5g per liter in which it is effective, and then any more than that starts hindering growth.
It also gives the ratio of 15g dried alfalfa per liter of water to make the extraction, and notes that tea made from stalks and roots has less of an inhibitory effect at high doses than tea made from the leaves or reproductive organs.
Seems like a nice middle ground there is .01g/L, so that's what I'll go with to start. Since a 5 gallon bucket is roughly 18 liters, I'll start off by adding 1 gram alfalfa extract to that and .15g/L to the epsom salt/sulfur foliar that gets used every other week during the full cycle.
The thing I like about Canna Coco specifically is that its RHP certified. Which means it's been throughly inspected for quality control in assuring its sodium free, and has the correct air to water holding capacity and is pest free.
Big growers and greenhouses buy RHP certified shit because you can just use it right away with no fucking around worrying about unstable ec/ph or bugs. It works like it should straight from the bag.
Check it out;
Why RHP certification
With the RHP quality mark you promise security, safety and insight in quality.
www.rhp.nl